A dubious heritage
Subtitle: questioning identity in German autobiographical novels of the postwar generation
By: Gretchen E. Wiesehan.
Series: Studies on themes and motifs in literature,; v. 26
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: German fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Autobiographical fiction -- History and criticism.
Description: In the 1970s, a number of German and Austrian writers began producing autobiographical fiction about their relationships with parents whose lives were inalterably affected by the Third Reich. Their novels typically attempt to work through guilt arising from their own parents' implication in Nazi crimes. Focusing on works by Handke, Hartling, Schwaiger, Wohmann, and Wolf, this study examines the questions they raise and about the individual's relation to family and the state, and about the representation of identity itself.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-183) and index.